Category: police

“You know, you hang with your friends in the town centre. The police can stop you several times in an evening. You can stand here, and get stopped, be pushed against a wall for everyone to see. You walk towards your school – you get stopped again. We feel followed.” “I had just arrived at…

Donald Trump promised to restore law and order while on the campaign trail that took him to the office of the presidency on January 20, 2017. “We need vigilance,” Trump said in 2015. “We need security,” he added. “Some horrible mistakes are made. At the same time, we have to give power back to the…

A group of undocumented Ethiopian workers have said they were subject to serious abuses by Saudi police before they were expelled, including physical and psychological torture and being forcibly held in “dirty” prison camps. Six Ethiopians told The Associated Press news agency that after being captured by Saudi police officers, some of them were beaten, robbed of their possessions and…

At least 10 people were killed in a suicide blast at a police academy in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, officials said. Dressed in a police uniform, the attacker blew himself up inside the training camp of the academy early on Thursday, killing and wounding several officers. Some of the victims were critically wounded in the…

Manila, Philippines – His parents named him Reynaldo de Guzman, but everyone knew him as Kulot (Curly) on account of his hair. Kulot grew up in Anak Pawis (Child of Sweat), a district by the banks of Manila’s largest floodway. Here, homes made of cardboard and bamboo vie for space with partially constructed concrete apartments. During…